Originally Posted by
crescent
I am under the impression that the majority - strong majority, of the sales of U.S. branded sedans has been to rental companies, with corporate and government (federal, state, and local) fleet vehicles coming in at second.
There are approximately 2 million cars available for rental in the United States. Rental companies replace cars after approximately 1 year. So, 2 million vehicles are purchased by rental companies. Now, not all of those are going to be sedans... rental companies rent SUVs and trucks too. Plus, they rent foreign cars as well as North American.
Ford/Chrysler/GM sold around 8 million vehicles total in 2016. The total market was (I think) around 17 million vehicles.
So, rental companies do make up a significant part of the market for cars, but I don't think it accounts for anywhere near a majority of sales.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...united-states/
http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...104-story.html